Mostaph Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Mostaph Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mostaph (45) may also be a first name.
Mostaph Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mostaph Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mostaph (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﻄﻒ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mostaph click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mostaph? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mostaph is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Mostaph is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mostaph live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 45 people.
Mostaph is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania Mostaph is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 37 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 7 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 11 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mostaph Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mostaph in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 44.44 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲ | almstfy | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 11.11 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mostaph
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